In The Tracks of Old Bluey, by Bobbie Buchanan.
Written by his great-grandaughter, this is the story of Nat Buchanan - the first European to cross the Barkly Tablelands from east to west, and first to take a large herd of breeding cattle from Queensland to the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Nat created a droving record when he supervised the movement of 20,000 head of cattle over this route.
He established the  first station in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory. - Wave Hill. Other firsts - cattle to the East Kimberley in West Australia, to stock Ord River Downs; to cross the Murranji country with men and stock; to take cattle overland for the East Kimberley District to the Murchison River in WA; Europen to cross the Tanami Desert from Tennant Creek in the NT to Sturt Creek in WA.